“I love Sonarworks to death but my only gripe is the SoundID to measure and set the room up. The software is very easy to navigate and setup. While it does take a long time to get going it is worth it. The only issue I have run into is for whatever reason It cannot fully detect the middle of my room. I have tried the room in several orientations. I am stumped as I have used this on another computer previously and it worked perfectly. Now on my new laptop and new desktop I cannot seem to get a proper room reading in the slightest. Looking for help on this one.”
Hi,
Thanks for your review, we really appreciate it!
I am sorry to hear you have encountered some trouble during the speaker measurement process. I will reach out to you privately to gather additional information on the problem and help with resolving it.
Best regards,
Zane
“I purchased Sonarworks as the final cherry on top of my editing room treatment and it's been great. You have to take any equalizer-based correction software like this with a grain of salt. Unless your room is built for listening, this isn't going to fix what there is to fix completely. And in some cases it may hurt as much as it helps. I'm in a well treated, dedicated room and I still run the correction between 70% & 75% and get really picky on the parameters of what I allow the correction to do. With that said, if you're willing to spend the time to dial the software in and use it appropriately, it sounds phenomenal to really get things evened out. The volume and delay match, even after carefully measuring placement of everything in my room, caught very small (1dB and .1ms respectively to be exact) changes that focused my stereo image up a ton. Start with room treatment, and make sure you're honest with yourself about your needs, but if you're happy with the way things are sounding, Sonarworks will give you peace of mind that things sound the best they can given your environment. (The headphone corrections are a must, and don't really have the same pitfalls as the monitor corrections. I still run my headphone corrections at 80-85% just to let a little more of the headphone's character shine through, but listening to a pair of 7506's with the correction on and off makes it so hilariously obvious how much it helps.) And a side note, SoundID aside, the e-books these guys put out are fantastic resources that are well thought out and hold a wealth of information.”
“Setup was nice and easy, information was simple to understand and clear.
I know digital correction is not the ultimate solution to a good sounding studio, but it’s definitely a big improvement in the right direction. My listening experience is way more accurate and detailed now and I’m happy with the purchase. Thank you folks :)”
“I was a bit sceptical about this and after online reviews I purchased it last week. I wished i had it before mixing my tracks. Its a substantial improvement in the low and and also in the high frequencies. The boomy sound is gone and its sounds a lot more calm. The interface and the UI is just amazing. A lot of development has gone into this product. The competition is nowhere near to what this product offers you. In case you are on the fence, just try it out and i bet you are going to love it.”
“The software works great, it helped bring my moderately treated room to life. The microphone is of a high-quality build and is very sensitive. I would like to see more parametric eq controls (settings like steepness of shelves), and a less tedious way of creating custom corrections. I like to switch between flat, Dolby, custom etc. (especially for headphones). A subwoofer volume and crossover measurement incorporated into your fancy 2.0 stereo algorithms doesn't seem like too much to ask, I imagine it would be beneficial to the correction. Having to adjust the subwoofer and rerun the calibration after finding out your subwoofer is being overcorrected (beyond 6db according to your guide) is annoying. A 3-channel DAC or other solution + your multichannel software version can be out of reach for many people in budget audiophile.”
“Easy to set up and use. Improved the sonic accuracy of my mixes 20% right away, and I expect that number to go up as my ears get used to the space. If I had one criticism, it's that the feature to automatically remove the plug-in from the master buss when rendering does not work in Reaper. Hopefully, this can be added in the future.”
